festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
patience; endurance; perseverance
special training; intensive training; crash course
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
if so; in that case; in that situation
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
as a child; when one was a child
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
every year; yearly; annually
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
longed-for; anxiously awaited
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)